Senior Engineer - Tech Lead

What Commercial Technologies Software Engineering contributes to Cardinal Health

Commercial Technologies manages the enterprise's portfolio of commercial technologies to maximize the business value of the technologies and enhance the customer experience. This function creates strategies for the portfolio and innovative solutions based on relationships with business leaders, develops back-end solutions and capabilities, and improves the front-end experience.

Commercial Technologies Software Engineering develops design options, process improvements and back-end solutions for commercial technologies to maximize performance and suitability for business needs. This job family manages engineering projects and plans for commercial technologies and interfaces with product managers to develop objectives. This job family assesses product systems, identifies opportunities for process and system improvements, and develops solutions through application of engineering principles.
Responsibilities

Operates as a senior individual contributor, providing deep technical leadership without direct responsibility for enterprise‑level ownership

Leads technical execution on complex initiatives, independently defining implementation approaches, tasks, and technical deliverables

Owns technical standards, code quality, and design integrity for assigned solution areas

Translates business and solution intent into sound technical designs and implementation decisions

Partners closely with Solution Owners, Product, and delivery teams to assess feasibility, identify risks, and recommend tradeoffs

Serves as a technical authority and escalation point for complex engineering and production issues

Applies SDLC practices consistently and reinforces engineering discipline across design, build, test, and release activities

Influences outcomes through expertise and collaboration rather than positional authority

Coaches and mentors engineers, raising overall team technical maturity and execution consistency

Success is measured by technical leadership, execution quality, and enablement of delivery teams—not by ownership of budgets, roadmaps, or end‑to‑end delivery outcomes.

High‑quality technical delivery with reduced rework and fewer preventable defects

Consistent application of engineering standards, effective code/design review discipline, and improved team technical maturity

Improved run stability and faster resolution of complex technical issues through monitoring‑informed troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis

Strong partnership with Solution Owners by providing feasible technical options and risk tradeoffs without assuming enterprise ownership

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

8+ years of hands‑on software development and/or application development experience (custom and/or enterprise platforms) preffered

Experience in SDLC processes including requirements analysis and system design, and/or software engineering principles

Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, define deliverables, and resolve production issues effectively

Experience with build & run operational practices (incident/change concepts, CMDB/ITIL‑adjacent exposure)

Experience partnering with Risk/Security and operating in regulated environments where reliability and controls matter

Experience producing reference standards, technical roadmaps, and reusable patterns within a platform or solution domain

What is expected of you and others at this level

Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects

Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals

Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models

Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope

Projects may have significant and long-term impact

Provides solutions which may set precedent

Independently determines method for completion of new projects

Receives guidance on overall project objectives

Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $123,400 - $176,300
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 08/20/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
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